A Flip of a Fair Coin Is Used to Simulate

question 5

Multiple Choice

A flip of a fair coin is used to simulate the gender of a series of simulated students. Given the following four flips, how many female students were there?
H H T H

• A) 3
• B) 4
• C) 1
• D) 2

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Definitions:

Confounding Variable

An external variable that affects both the variables being studied, potentially misleading the results of an experiment.

Teaching Method

The systematic way or strategy used by educators to facilitate learning among students.

Confounding Variable

A factor other than the independent variable that might produce an effect in an experimental study, potentially misleading the results.

Experimental Design

The plan for a research study that includes the method for allocating participants to groups and the procedures for measuring the variables of interest.